Only to me could something like this happen. OK, so yesterday I went to the animal sanctuary about 5 min outside of Albury. Oh man, I still can't believe what I'm about to type. OK so at the sanctuary they have heaps of kangaroos just hopping around not in a cage or anything... so it was super exciting when they hopped real close to us when we just stepped out of the door into the sanctuary. i was real excited. and I had a bag of food to feed them right from my hand. So we walked around a bit and saw the fairy penguins and then a bunch of different birds and the emus... then there was a whole field filled with roos. So when I pulled out the food a bunch came hopping over to eat! one big one pushed his way to the front and I was surrounded. the big one put his paws on my shoulders and was looking me in the face. a bit funny I thought. I felt a bit clostraphobic and tried to hold the food bag up and out of their reach. so the big guy with his paws on my shoulders took a swpie for the bag and caught me right in the left eye. OUCH and a half!! I was worried that he had actually cut my eyeball, so I turned around and got right out of their reach. By this time I had what I though was tears streaming down my face. So I went to wipe them. a handful of bright red blood! I was crying tears of blood!! How creepy is that?! It was really scary when I saw it in the mirror. Striaght from a horror movie. So I went and got my eye cleaned out with saline and then the cut on the outside of my eye dapped with antiseptic. So I have a small cut from the claw on the inside of my lower left lid and a small cut on the outer of my lower left lid. Yes, its puffy and blue today... what a great look for my birthday weekend. So yeah, I got punched my a roo and it was a bit scary.
My knee is on the mend and I'm biking with lots more ease today. Doctor said it was fine and yadda yadda yadda. Thanks to all who have sent birthday cards! It sure is nice to know that people are thinking of me while I'm away. This year will be my first ever birthday in autum! So that's exciting.
So have a good ady all and I'll post some killer roo pictures if I get the chance!!
love me
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Hopefully a quiet birthday party will be planned for this weekend - that's enough excitement for a while.
No more "Dancing with the Roos" episodes please! Or at least pay more attention to his lead! :-)
schmiedge you are incredible! getting punched by a freakin roo...insane! ya you are right, only to you would that ever happen! anyways, things in regina are great, hope you got my last email...after i sent it i realized i don't actually remember hitting send...so i really hope it got to you...i am pretty sure it was pretty long! anyways happy birthday in autumn!!!! when r u back in regina...hopefully before jun 25 b/c that is when i head out west....anyways i miss ya!
Hello my birthday sister. I must confess that I occasionally visit your blog and read about your wild adventures down under. I hope your birthday, our birthday, will not be ruined by your tangle with a kangaroo. Reading about your scapes and bruises reminds me of a vicious tousle you had with a tree while at CLBI. Doctoring you was good practice for being a mom.
Hope you are well.
And happy early birthday.
Aimee
Ohhhhh ANne! I know you already told me this but reading it in your blog just made it seem more painful! I hope your eye heals quickly for you! So I got the burgnedy dress from Sears and it soooo hot! Such a beautiful color! I'm so excited for them! Ok well have a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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